Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-07-11
General News Items.

While HaIsey Gaines, aged Is years
was peering at leopard in one of Barn
um's cages at Springfield, Mass, hi:
scalp was partially torn on and one arm
deeply Iacerated by the brute.
It is now estimated that the losses from
the destruction Of the city of Marshfield
Wis, will not be less than s., OOO. coo, and
they may be nearly 81. 500 900. Twelve
blocks were destroyed, and but one house
remains unscathed.
The twelfth annual four-mile straight
away race between the eight-Oared crews
representing Yale and Harvard was row
ed July over the Thames river course,
Connecticut,and was won by Yale by five
and-a-haIf lengths. The official time of
Yale is % 80; Harvard's % :lO1s.
Miss Alice Moore, aged Is years, of
Dover, y. H, created a sensation recent
" by taking her rifle and practicing on
live tagets. She fired at a moving freight
train, at a COW in a held and finally sent
a bullet whizzing towards Mrs. J. B. Nc
Quaid, who was quietly washing dishes
at an open window 1t is thought that
Miss Moore Is insane.
In the Sydney, Australia, lighthouse
Is the largest electric light in the world.
1t has a power of $50 900 candles, aud
may be seen from ships fifty miles out at
sea The next largest Is in the Palais
dIndustrie, and has a power Of 10, OO0
candles. The largest Hght'in America l.
p, 600 candle power. It i at San Jose,
California
young man who claimed 10 be Walk
er, the oldest son OF James G. Blaine, re-
Gently arrived at the Windsor Hotel, Mon
treaL He deposited in the Bank Of Mon
treaI a $1,000 draft purporting to be
drawn on the Merchants National Bank
at Rutland which draft proved 70 be bo-
gus, and it turned out that his real name
was Herbert Taylor Of Worcester, Mass.
He was arrested
A dispatch from Berne, July 6, says
that half the quays at Zug fell into the
lake that day. Forty houses, a crowded
inn and the Hotel Zurich, a four-stOry
structure full Of visitors, vanished entire
". The occupants Of the buildings were
enguIfed while they slept and at least a
hundred persisted, including VI. Collin
president Of the Canton Men are now
at work trying 70 recover the bodies Of
the victims. An infant was found alive
in a floating cradle
A long lank West Virginian, named
Brown presented himself at the pension
Office in Washington, recently, to furnish
evidence in a claim pending before the Of
fee. 1t was learned, upon inquiry that
his mother had borne thirty-three chill
dren in all. Twenty Of this number were
boys, sixteen Of whom served in the I'm
ion army. Two were killed The other
pension from the government for disa-
bilities received while in the service. The
death Of the two boys entities the mother
to pension also.
The net balance In the United States
Treasury June 20, were a. follows: Gold,
sIsG-S75, 669.zs; silver, 81, 34s, AS. -;
United States notes, Pools, 1876. -; trade
dollars redeemed, 81, 1874 9G2. e.; national
bank notes, sl97- O4G; deposits ia nation
al banks, s2z- 9sI. Dor u: total, s3IO. SsI.-
20z-49. The assets Of the treasury were,
$751;. O53 ,97O.45; liabilities, s5Is. I52, 4Is.-
81: balance, sg7,947, 5GI.s3. The total
debt Of the United States, less cash in
the treasury, July !, was 81 PIG 42s. 49,
IN =
the month Of June.
The Queen 90 the afternoon Of June
20, received Mr.. Phelps, United States
Minister, al Buckingham Palace for the
purpose Of allowing him u present Presl-
dent CleyeIand's jubilee congratulations.
Hr. Phelps was attired in plain evening
dress. The Queens demeanor toward
him was most cordial. She expressed her
warmest thanks for the presidents con
gratulatiOns. The private reception II
diplomats On such occasions Is almost IN
pFecsdented, bat the American Minister
had expressed desire through Lord Sal
isbury for such an audience, and the queen
replied that II would afford her much
pleasure 70 receive him privately for the
presentation Of the presidents message.
Fifteen thousand people attended the
state prohibition barbecue On Thursday,
June Goth At Port Worth. Texas.
Delegates from oDe~third Of the counties
in the state were present. A resolution
was adopted declaring. We view with
alarm the attempts Of foreign brewers and
distiliers " corrupt a free Texas elee-
ton" Ex-senator Maxey, C0ngressmen
Lanhan aud CuitSer-On. Lieut. Gov. Mar
tin, ex-COngressI8an HerHdOn aud nfteen
state senators and representatives have
offered their services until Aug. 8. The
pr0hilitiOuists are enthusiastic and are